I live in New Zealand, where there's only one theme park, (Rainbows End) with one inverting coaster, an arrow loop screw, which was installed in 1986. The park is alright, it just doesn't have hardly any thrill rides, and needs a new paint job. It's also incredibly overpriced, and there's no annual pass or anything.
I've been to the U.S once, spending a few days at Disneyland, and a day at universal. It was all great fun, but expensive and rather far away.
In my opinion, The Gold Coast in Australia is bloody awesome. I was there about a week ago, and did all of the Village Roadshow Parks. I know you guys have been there before, but I think they've made some really cool improvements.
As you probably know, Movie World installed the second steepest coaster in the world, The Green Lantern Coaster, in 2011. As far as I know, it is the only el Loco to have 8 passengers a train and the only one with onboard audio. It was awesome, I just loved the way that there was hardly any G's (other than on the hairpins), and how it felt like you were just floating.
They also upgraded the train and re-themed their SLC, to Arkham Asylum: Shock Therapy. It is still pretty painful, and I couldn't feel my legs at the end of the ride, but the harness was way less restrictive. I think they also added magnetic brakes, but that didn't affect the ride experience much.
Wet'n'Wild also have a few more slides now, but still only one coaster, so that wouldn't be very much up your alley.
Sea World are nearly finished their new mack watercoaster, Storm. It looked pretty awesome, even if it wasn't a custom model. The theming looked pretty cool too, so I think it might be like superman escape, it starts off with a great story, and then produces some decent thrills.
So I've done what I do best, ranted. I hope you enjoy, and maybe one day I'll come on a TPR trip. They sound like loads of fun.
Thanks for this amazing website for thrill seekers!
- Spencer.